142 BRACHYSPHCENUS. 



Brachysphoenus luteozonatus, sp. n. 



B. epipleurall valde affinis, sed minor, epipleuris nigris, fascia 

 prima rectiore, secunda aiitice obliqua distiuctus. L. 5 lin. 



Amazons (Bates). 



Tlie discoidal black fascia is here narrowed towards tlie suture, 

 instead of being straight as in the preceding species. 



Brachysphoenus odyneroides, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatas, postice paulo acuminatus, nitidus, niger, 

 palpis ochraceis, capite punctis 2 rufis, segmentis ventral ibus rufo- 

 maculatis; thorace convexo, punctulato, basi liaud foveolato, elytris 

 punctato-striatis (striis 7), fasciis 3 epipleurisque fiavis, 1 basali 

 angustiore ad suturam interrupta, 1 latiore in medio, integra, 1 

 subapicali, interrupta, antice curvata. L. 5 lin. 



Ega (Bates). 



A variable species, the 2nd fiiscia is sometimes interrupted and 

 the subapical one nearly entire. 



Brachysphoenus dorsalis. 



Eroiylus dorsalis, OUv. Ent. v. 475, T. ii. f 20. 



— , Dup. Erot. 54, T. ii. f 54. 



Brachysphvenus - , Lac. Erot. 3 88. 

 Cayenne. 



The strise of the elytra are sub-gemellate ; intermediate coxal 

 line visible. 



Brachysphoenus quinquefasciatus. 



Brachysphoenus 5-/asciatus, Lac. Erot. 39G. 



Columbia, Ecuador (Buckley), Pebas (Janson). 



Ventral segments distinctly punctate. 



The following varieties occur of this species, all having a similar 

 punctuation and structure : 



Var. orthozonms. 



Like the type, except that the fasciae are nearly straight and 

 not denticulate. 



Ecuador (Buckley). 



Var, anisozonius. 



In this form the basal, medial, and apical fasciae are broad and 

 nearly straight; the other 2 narrow and denticulate. 



Ecuador (Buckley), Amazons (Bates). 



Var. basicinctus. 



The basal fascia is entire and, as well as the other four, 

 straight; the basal fascia is often connected with the 2nd. A 

 subordinate variety has the thorax with 2 transverse series of 4 

 red spots. 



Amazons (Bates). 



